Barbara Kelly (public servant)
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Dame Barbara Mary Kelly, DBE
, DL
(Dumfriesshire, 1998), FRIAS
(born 27 February 1940) is a Scottish
civic activist. She is chairman of the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival, and Convener of the Crichton Foundation.
A past Chairman of the Scottish Consumer Council, a past Main Board Member of SNH and of Scottish Enterprise Kelly worked for the interests of rural Scotland, founding, to that end, Rural Forum and the Southern Uplands Partnership.
A member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
's Foot and Mouth Inquiry in 2002, she was part of the RSE team looking at the future of Scotland's Uplands and Islands. She recently chaired the Advisory Group for the publication of the SCC Report on Rural Advocacy and was a member of the Scottish Government Advisory Committee which produced the 2007 report, Rural Scotland: Better Still, Naturally. She is a member of the Rural Development Council
.
in 2008.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
, DL
Deputy Lieutenant
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(Dumfriesshire, 1998), FRIAS
Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland is the professional body for architects in Scotland. It was founded in 1916 by Robert Rowand Anderson who donated his Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh to be used as its home, where it remains to this day. It was given its first Royal charter in...
(born 27 February 1940) is a Scottish
Scotland
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civic activist. She is chairman of the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival, and Convener of the Crichton Foundation.
A past Chairman of the Scottish Consumer Council, a past Main Board Member of SNH and of Scottish Enterprise Kelly worked for the interests of rural Scotland, founding, to that end, Rural Forum and the Southern Uplands Partnership.
A member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Royal Society of Edinburgh
The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity, operating on a wholly independent and non-party-political basis and providing public benefit throughout Scotland...
's Foot and Mouth Inquiry in 2002, she was part of the RSE team looking at the future of Scotland's Uplands and Islands. She recently chaired the Advisory Group for the publication of the SCC Report on Rural Advocacy and was a member of the Scottish Government Advisory Committee which produced the 2007 report, Rural Scotland: Better Still, Naturally. She is a member of the Rural Development Council
Rural Development Council
The Rural Development Council is an advisory body to the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Richard Lochhead MSP...
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Fellow, RIAS
A former chairman of the Architects Registration Board, Kelly was named a Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in ScotlandRoyal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland is the professional body for architects in Scotland. It was founded in 1916 by Robert Rowand Anderson who donated his Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh to be used as its home, where it remains to this day. It was given its first Royal charter in...
in 2008.